Work & commute · Carlstadt

Work & commute in Carlstadt, NJ

Most working residents leave Carlstadt for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Secaucus (3%) and East Rutherford (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

236 of 3,051 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,815 Carlstadt residents head out of town to work, 236 work right here, and 11,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlstadt.

2,815live here, work elsewhere

236live and work here

11,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlstadt goes to work

New York, NY13.1 mi away

16%493

Carlstadt (in town)right here

8%236

Secaucus3.2 mi away

3%101

East Rutherford1.4 mi away

3%98

Jersey City8 mi away

3%94

Hackensack4.4 mi away

3%92

Newark9.2 mi away

3%86

Paramus8.3 mi away

3%78

Clifton5.7 mi away

2%62

Lyndhurst3.4 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,668

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Carlstadt commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

33%

57%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlstadt is a job hub

3.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlstadt are

11,621 jobs are based in Carlstadt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlstadt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carlstadt

11,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Carlstadt residents hold

3,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−5%

Jobs based in Carlstadt, 2013 → 2023: 12,235 → 11,621. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.